Read the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" and answer the question.

A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.

In the passage above, the author’s word choice creates a mood of _____.

mystery

romance

barrenness

hopefulness




































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Read the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" and answer the question.

A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.

In the passage above, the author’s word choice creates a mood of _____.

mystery

romance

barrenness

hopefulness